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TITLE

Does National Culture Affect Firm Investment in Training and Development?

AUTHOR(S)

Coget, Jean-Francois

PUB. DATE

November 2011

SOURCE

Academy of Management Perspectives;Nov2011, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p85

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article considers management science research on the impact of national culture on corporate investment in employee training. A survey of almost 6000 firms in 21 different countries is considered. It found that companies located in countries whose social values included a belief in equal power distribution among groups, a high degree of future-oriented behavior such as planning and delayed gratification and avoidance of uncertainty had a higher level of investment in employee training. It was also found that high technology industries had more investment in employee training than companies in other industries regardless of cultural factors.

ACCESSION #

70044733

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